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R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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Total votes
2,950
all sessions
Attendance
94%
153 missed
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
With party
77%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
420
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
6
assignments
2,950 roll-call votes

Voting record

Breaks with party 23% of the time

Yea
2,081
voted in favor
Nay
659
voted against
Absent
153
missed votes
Total cast
2,950
across all sessions
Crossed party
609
votes against own party
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2,950
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1019
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
15–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1272
revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants.
Yea
Passed
62–4
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1254
prohibit the private funding of National Guard and State Guard active-duty missions.
Absent
Passed
10–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1014
make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1021
authorize the Board of Regents to acquire property, contract for the design and construction of an athletics events center at Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1017
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
62–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1013
make an appropriation for certain costs related to Capitol Lake and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
11–4
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1301
revise percentages regarding certain municipal proceeds of gaming revenues. Bipartisan
Yea
Failed
33–32
Feb 15, 2022
HB 1176
grant immunity from certain liabilities for camping activities. Against party
Nay
Passed
52–13
Feb 15, 2022
HB 1163
provide for the use of screening instruments in determining kindergarten readiness. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
37–28
Feb 15, 2022
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